The Ninety-Five Theses

The Protestant Reformation was during the 16th century. It was a religious, political, intellectual, and cultural upheaval that separated Catholic Europe (History.com, The Reformation). “This Reformation would be the belief that would define the continent in the modern era ” The movement aimed for being able to change the prctices and beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1517, Martin Luther made an impact to this Reformation. He was a German Augustinian monk, who argued about the…

Martin Luther lived in Germany and his father was would encourage him to study law and become a lawyer as was practical during his time. One day he was walking along the road and lightning struck a tree near him and the explosion blew him away but that day he realized that God had saved him. It was due to this religious event that he felt inspired to become a monk. Luther was afraid of the possibility of not going into heaven and because of this fear turned to the Bible for comfort. He…

Since the dawn of time, every major civilization has had religion or a certain set of beliefs shape how that collective grows, thrives, lives, or dies. In its infancy years, the New World colonies were certainly not an exception. Religion can either be a center of unity or an area of disagreement between enemies. For the European populace, religion was just that; a disagreement on what to believe that spurred groups to migrate to the new world to avoid persecution and to worship in peace. What…

Thesis Peter Paul Rubens was an extraordinary artist developing masterpieces focused on Renaissance and Baroque artistry. Paragraph 1-- Life Peter Paul Rubens born in Seigen, Germany in 1577. His father, Jan Rubens, was a lawyer and a high ranked member of the counsel. His mother, Maria, was a strict Roman Catholic. His parents took Peter and his three siblings and moved away from Antwerp, to Netherlands to avoid religious conflicts. After Peter’s Father’s death in 1587, the family moved…

Although the Reformation is often viewed as a religious movement, it also significantly affected the political and social spheres of Europe. Obviously, this statement is true. The Reformation was a time where a multitude of denominations of Christianity. This movement resulted into an expanded literary way and religious freedom granted by the government. At the time, the Church owned almost one third of Europe’s land, which already gives us information on who controlled the economy and political…

The Wars of religion primarily took place in the European region, the countries that were involved in the Wars of Religion include present day France, Germany, Austria and multiple others. The Wars of Religion took place from roughly 1524 to 1648, these wars were waged in the Northern and Western regions of Europe partially due to Protestant Reformation. There was not much religious tolerance during this time and the idea of changing what was already known was considered heresy and new ideas…

The age of the Reformation in the 16th century was the dawn of new religions and the reforms of the old Catholic Church. The Reformation began as a movement devoted to returning to biblical scriptures. A prominent religious leaders of this period was Martin Luther. Luther blatantly disagreed with the Catholic Church over the doctrine that allowed the selling of indulgences to lay people. While studying the Scriptures, Luther came to the conclusion that salvation was achieved not by indulgences…

Comparing the Protestant and Catholic Reformations of the Sixteenth Century At the end of the fifteenth century and toward the beginning of the sixteenth century, reform was already under construction with the hope of reforming religious orders in the Catholic Church. There was a strong emphasis on preaching to the masses (Spielvogel, 2015, p. 371). However, not everyone was satisfied with the doctrines of the Catholic Church, and one prominent example of someone who responded with a new…

Desiderius Erasmus was born in the city of Rotterdam in 1466. Although born out of wedlock, his parents took care of him until their early deaths caused by the plague. He received the best education for a young man of his time from several monastic to semi-monastic schools. He accepted the importance of having a relationship with God but rejected the harsh and strict methods implemented by religious leaders. Poverty forced Erasmus to join the monastery at the age of twenty-six and he was…

As a speaker of seven languages, and a man with many intellectual gifts, Tyndale was used mightily in the Kingdom work. Tyndale was born in 1494 in Gloucestershire, and little is known about his early life. Tyndale graduated from Oxford in 1512 and had previously been educated at Magdalen College. After graduating from Oxford, Tyndale began his study of theology in Cambridge. While at Cambridge, Tyndale began to notice the corruption within the Catholic church. This acknowledgement of the…